Skeleton

Erupting from the legendary Los Angeles all-ages DIY venue The Smell, the band's breakthrough album popularized the brief, highly energetic 'tropical punk' subgenre. The tracks furiously blend dissonant, high-register math-rock guitar tapping with frantic punk beats and surprisingly melodic, reverb-drenched gang vocals. It completely captured the sweaty, chaotic energy of the late-2000s noise-pop underground.